Some Peoples are annoyed from Nautilus Back & Forward buttons on right. With this guide you can easily move Back & Forward buttons on left side.

First off, you may need to enable the "Source code" repository. To do this in Ubuntu, press the Super/Windows key and type "Source". Open the "Software Sources" application from the results. Check the box before "Source code", then click close.

Open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:

mkdir ~/Desktop/nautilus-mod && cd ~/Desktop/nautilus-mod

sudo apt-get update

apt-get source nautilus

sudo apt-get build-dep nautilus

cd ~/Desktop/nautilus-mod/nautilus-3*

gedit src/nautilus-toolbar.c

Now, scroll down to line 132 or do a "find" for "gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (self->priv->toolbar), item, 0)" and change the "0" to a "2". So change the original line from:

gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (self->priv->toolbar), item, 0);

To:

gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (self->priv->toolbar), item, 2);

When you're done, click save and close Gedit.

Now Back in Terminal, run the following:

Terminal Commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr

make

sudo killall nautilus

sudo make install

At this point, I would actually recommend logging out and back in or just restarting.
To undo the changes and revert back to stock Nautilus, you can either change the "2" back to a "0", re-make and re-install, or you can simply run:

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